Justification By Faith Alone is Not Biblical

The teaching that a sinner is justified before God solely on the basis of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is not the complete Gospel on salvation, as the other important factor has been omitted, - REPENTANCE

The first words of the Lord Jesus Christ in Mark's Gospel, are, "REPENT and BELIEVE in the Gospel" (Mark 1:15)

Again, in Luke chapter 13, the words of the Lord Jesus Christ;

"but unless you REPENT, you will all likewise perish" (verses 3, 5)

At the end of His Ministry in Luke chapter 25, we read the words of Jesus;

"and that REPENTANCE for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (47)

The very first sermon preached in the early Church, as recorded in Acts chapter 2, we read of Peter's response to those who had been convicted by the Gospel Message, "“Brothers, what shall we do?” (v.37), to which Peter said, “REPENT and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (38)

And, in the next chapter, the Disciples again say;

"REPENT therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out" (3:19)

To say that a sinner is "Justified" on the basis of faith ALONE, cannot be Biblically correct, as REPENTANCE, is as much as a precondition to a sinner being saved, than FAITH is. It is NOT something that follows conversion, as some teach, which is plainly wrong from the Word of God.

 

do you mean faith first? Surely a person cannot be saved without true repentance, first?

 

Salvation is not "earned" by any "good works". However, the sinner must DO something to be saved, and the Bible calls this "REPENT", and genuine sorry for a life without and against God, and a life of sinfulness. In Acts 2:37, the people who heard Peters preaching and were "cut to the heart", said, “Brothers, what shall we DO?” to which Peter replied, REPENT. This is what we also read in Jonah chapter 3, after the Gospel Message was received, we read: "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not" (verse 10). Note, God saw their "works", which was the fact that they "turned from (REPENTED) from their evil way". God does not do the repenting for the sinner

 

no, eternal punishment in hell, as the Bible says

 

are you denying that a lost sinner must first repent of their sins? It is the grace of God that leads the sinner to repent in the first place. But, the sinner must DO the repenting. This cannot be done by the Lord. You are mistaken to say that repenting is a "work" so as to "earn" a sinner salvation. This is not what the Bible says, or I believe.

To be a baptist does not mean that one is either a Calvinist or Reformed, as this is not the standard of what it means

 

So, what is Jesus referring to about "perishing" in Luke 13:1-5?

 

you wrote

"One does not have to repent to be saved.
One repents because they are being saved, are saved, and will be saved."

Just how can a person be saved (born-again) without repenting, as it is no where taught in the Bible. You make the process as mechanical, and the Bible says it is a personal decision. You ignore texts like Acts 2:37, where we read the words, "what much we DO?", to which Peter did not say, you do nothing, as you will be saved anyway, and then you can repent. You have put the cart before the horse, and giving a theological position (Reformed) which the Bible does not teach, as I have shown. Look again at the same principle in Jonah chapter 3, where the people of Nineveh "turned from their evil ways", which the Bible here calls "works". You are arguing against what the Bible says. Explain what the passage in Jonah says

 

the repentance of the sinner, is in response to the convicting of the Holy Spirit in their hearts. Jesus says in Mark 1:15, "REPENT and BELIEVE", which is the norm for a sinner to be saved.

 

Ezekiel 18:21, "“But if a wicked person turns away (REPENTS) from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die"

33:14, "Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns (REPENTS) from his sin and does what is just and right"

Acts 10:34-35, "So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him"

Acts 17:30, "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all people everywhere to REPENT"

This is NOT "working" (earning) FOR salvation, but obeying the Lord God's requirements for being saved. This is not what I am saying, but what the Lord says in His word.

 

No I am not. A sinner is only justified after they repent, which is responding to the Gospel offer of grace, as you put it. show me from Scripture where a sinner is justified (made right with God), before they repent of their sins?